Trump immigration enforcement memo targets migrants who entered legally under Biden

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Trump administration is empowering federal immigration officers to consider whether to strip temporary legal status from migrants who entered through former President Joe Biden's signature "parole" programs in an effort to ramp up deportations to record levels, according to a memo issued on Thursday.
44% : "It's a slippery slope when we think it's okay to suspend the Constitution of the United States in order to make a political point or statement," Baraka said at a press conference on Friday, adding that ICE entered the business without a warrant.
38% : The latest guidance allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to consider stripping active parole from people who entered in the past two years could face legal challenges, one former Biden official said.ICE made some 500 arrests on Thursday, Fox News reported, about a third of which were people without criminal records.
33% : Ras Baraka, the Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey, criticized ICE last night for an enforcement action in his city that involved detaining U.S. citizens and a military veteran.
27% : Trump ended those programs on Monday, leaving some migrants in Mexico stranded and unsure of next steps.

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